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SUBMITTER: Lee EY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024477 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lipids in health and disease 20160915 1
<h4>Background</h4>Insulin resistance is one of the most important contributing factors to cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the association between coronary artery stenosis (CAS) and triglyceride glucose index (TyG index), a simple insulin resistance marker, in asymptomatic subjects with type 2 diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>We recruited asymptomatic adults with type 2 diabetes but without previous history of coronary heart disease (n = 888). Significant CAS was defined as maxim ...[more]